Friday 7th November Only just realised that it is November! Have just been into Céret with Olivier. He made me hang my head out of the front window like the dog (who had her head…
Albert Woda:Light emerging from shadows by Ellen Hall The first impression of Albert Woda is of an imposing and substantial figure. Once his tall frame relaxes into a chair, you are drawn into the…
When Perpignan’s smelly socks start to stink – the continuing saga! 3 Basil Howitt reports on recent developments in Perpignan’s notorious electoral saga. 3 Perpignan’s current political scene is a boon to any satirist. If…
2 Building a Bistrot in France: countdown to opening: 2 PART 1 (June) Three months and counting……..(we hope!) End of September 2000 saw us, Tiffany and Dave Smith, embark on a complete change of career,…
[(I met Jenny Rhodes in their deliciously cosy cottage in the heart of Les Angles, just a five minute walk from the ski slopes. Rosy, fun and delightfully chatty, she explained to me that she…
2 DIRTY LINEN AND DODGY WATER 2 [( “Lansac is a large family that washes its dirty linen in public. Will the polls on Sunday act as a large wash tub?” (L’Indépendant 23rd September 2008)]…
Dali fans will be delighted to hear that the musée Dalí in Figueres has just received from London the famous « Métamorphose de Narcisse », painted by the contraversial artist in 1937, on loan for three months.
2 Rennes – Painting the sun 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 Pots of cactus mark the workshop entrance. Raucous reds, velvety blues and sunny yellows warm the studio walls. Rennes’ cascade of brown ringlets…
UPDATE – September 2008 The latest information states that 4 out of the 5 alarms recently tested can be kept in use where they are installed. They should be withdrawn from the market (if…
2 “Poisoning the village” 2 Basil Howitt looks back on an eventful summer in his village of Lansac in the Fenouillèdes; not least because the entire Conseil Municipal resigned in a Pavarotti-pitched screaming match. First,…